Winding machine



Dec. 7 1926. 1,609,639

. E. J. ABBOTT WI NDI NG MACHINE Filed Dec. 10, 1920 3 Sheets-Sheet 1Dec. 7 192s. 1,609,639

' E. J'. ABBOTT WINDING MACHINE Filed D50. 10, 1920 3 Sheets-Sheet 2Dec. 7, 1926.

E. J. ABBOTT WH'QDING ivIACHINE 5 Sheets-Sheet 3 l A m, H

Patented Dec. 1, 1926.

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Application filed December 10, 1090. Serial II. 4.61

This invention relates to textile machines,

and especially to winding, doubling, twisting or spinning machines ofthe type comprising means for winding simultaneously a plurality ofwound masses or packages of yarn, thread of other filaments, hereinafterreferred to as yarn.

So far as I am aware it has heretofore been the practice when attemptingsimultaneously to control the winding of a plurality of differentackages or masses of yarn to rely upon a xed operative relation betweenthe winding spindle or carrier for the wound mass, ball, cop or cheeseof yarn and the means for drivin this winding spindle or carrier, suchmac ines being provided with means for distributing the la ers ofwinding yarn upon the winding pac agein the desired arrangement.

Such machines typically include the desired plurality of suitablespindles for the carriers, bobbins or supports, if any, for the windingyarn, and means for driving them; suitable guides for the yarn betweenthe unwinding mass and winding mass, and laterally or verticallytraversing or otherwise actuated distributing guides for determining the'tion in the winding layer of the package.

Such a machine must have driving means operatively positioned inrelation to each of a plurality of units each com risingthe abovementioned mechanism; and the traversing distributing guides may or maynot have common mechanism for governing the simulanteous positioningbfthe plurality of traversing guides. Typical machines of the classreferred to are those employed for winding balls, cops, cheeses, orspools; or spinning machines on which the yarn is wound as it is formed;or doubling machines in which the winding is incidental to disposingside by side, and twisting or untwisting', yarns from pluralities of searate unwinding bobbins or other masses 0 yarn.

' A common defectof winding machines in general use resides in thenecessity, for circulation about the machine of the operator whose dutyit is to replenish the unwinding packages and to remove the woundpackages when'finished. Attendance upon such a machine involves carryingabout the machine of heavy weights of fresh supplies of am; and alsoinvo ves delay in operation no to .is wasteful of time an yarn windingupon the rotating windingcarrier fora winding mass of yarn and dis theneeessit for providing at each wind pair (there y meaning the unit ofunwin mg package, winding package, drivers for the winding package, and'distributing guides) automatic means for stoppin the operation eitherupon exhaustion o the yarn being wound or completion of the wound mass,until such time as the circulatmg 0 rator ofgthe machine can finishreplenis ing the supplies at the intervening stopped units or removingall of the inter vening finished and stopped packages. This ex austingto the operator. It moreover leads to variable idle time with res t tothe capacity of the machine, depending upon the activity and skill I ofthe operator; and in an event it necessitates a cumbersome comp exity inthe machine in which automatic sto motions at each of the units todetermine breakage, knots, slubs, exhaustion of the unwinding mass, andcompletion of the wound mass must be provided.

So far as I am aware, these defects have not been avoided or palliatedin any machine capable of windin cheeses, cops or balls, or, in; eneral,head ess packages as distinguis ed from spools.

A principll ob'ect of this invention is to avoid the a. ve ifliculties,reduce the labor of attendance and increase efiiciency by the provisionof a machine for simultaneously winding headless packages, cheeses orballs and unwinding at a desired large number of winding pairs soarranged that a single attendant 'can take care of a large number ofwinding pairs without leaving a fixed station, and thereby to avoid thecarriage of heav supply bobbins or heavy finished wound alls, cops, orcheeses from place to place. Another objectis to provide for theconcomitant operation of and circulation about the machine of windingunits comprising an unwinding mass of yarn and a driven tributing guidesfor the unwin in and "winding yarn. Further objects of t e invention areto provide in a machine arranged for the circulation about the -machineof the winding pairs, common means for driving a plurality of windingpairs and for guiding in relation to the winding mass the yarn beingwound; and to provide for continuing t e o ration of the winding pairsexcept at a esired predeteru.

mined part of the path of circulating travel, at which part the operatoris stationed. Other objects are to provide for the above and otherpurposes a textile machine of the nature mentioned having improvedconstructions and dispositions of its parts as herein shown anddescribed.

This invention is applicable to and useful in any of the above mentionedmachines, but I shall describe it in connection with a particularillustrative species of the genus of my invention, in which speciesthe'wound mass is a self-sustaining traverse-wound ball or cheese builtup as usual, of layers of yarn lying in spiral or helical formation,reversals of the direction or pitch occurring at the unsupported facescomprised of the ends of the layers; and suitable for warp for weaving,for direct use in a knitting or other yarn-using machine, or as weft fora continuous-weft loom.

In the accompanying drawings,-

Figure 1 is a side elevation of a machine typical of the invention;

Figure 2 is a plan, parts being broken away;

Figure 3 is an elevation of the right end of Fig. l; and

Figure 4 is an enlarged detail section on line 4-4 of Fig. 2.

Figure 5 is a fragmentary plan view to enlarged scale illustrating atravelling carrier, employed in the machine, and

Figure 6 is a fragmentary section on line 66 illustrating a bearingbracket employed.

The machine comprises end frames 1 and intermediate frames 2, in anydesired num-&

ber, preferably made as shown as-castings having suitable seats forupper longitudinal.

rails 4, 4, and lower longitudinal rails 5, 5. Other longitudinal strutsmay if desired be provided, for instance as shown at 6, 6, to increasethe strength and rigidity of the frame work. A suflicient number offrames 2 .willbe provided'to build a machine of the desired length,which length may be dictated by the length of the unbroken yarn on theunwinding package and the speed of circulation of the winding pairs, asexplained below.- Whether or not the frames I are provided withsufficient lon itu'dinal-struts to stand alone without aid fi'om therails 4 and 5, these rails are bent at 4, 5, in semicircular curvesabout centers preferably within the end frames land near them so as toprovide vertically spaced tracks for winding and unwinding packagecarriers 10 adapted to be circulated about the machine.

'Preferably the carriers 10 are constructed riers 10 (see Fig. 2).- Thelugs 13 maybe in the form of open rectangular frames, as shown, havingspaces thereinfor antifriction rolls 14 on suitable horizontal journals17, and adapted to rest on the upper rails 4. Preferably the frameshavemachined seats on their under faces for guide rolls 15 turning onvertical 'shoulder screws 16 in the frames 13 and adapted to bear on there spective inner and outer faces of the rail 4. By these expedients thecarriers 10 are adapted to move with accuracy of position and littlefriction completely around the machine as guided by the rails 4 and v Inorder to move the carriers 10 the rear faces of the frames 13 areprovided with verticallybored driving lugs 19 adapted to be suitablyconnected, as by pins 21', to links 22 at spaced distances of an endlesschain 20 adapted to be driven in a path all parts of which aresubstantially equidistant from the top rail 4. Preferably the drivinglug 19 on the frame 13 is placed as shown near the forward edge of thecarrier, immediately behind the guide rolls 15, 15, so that the pointsof attachment of the chain 20 shall not be shifted to differentdistances from the rail 4 during motion around the ends of therespective ends of the machine respectively I mounted on vertical shafts27 and 28. Shaft 27 may be fixed in a bearing 29 arranged to slidelongitudinally with a bracket 30, 31, slotted at 32 for hold-down bolts33 attaching it' to the left hand end-frame. The transverse member 31may carry the semi-circular segment 4 of rail 4 at the left end of themachine, a scarf-joint 4 at each side of the machine maintainingcontinuity of the track 4 at different longitudinal positions of thebracket 30, 31, shaft 27 and sprocket 25, the motion of these parts(permitted byslots 32 serving to permit a justment to take up slack'inchain 20. Shaft 28 is arranged to drive the a system comprising wheel25, the chain 20 and the carriers 10, and for this purpose. the sprocket26 is keyed to it and the shaft is mounted to rotate in bearing lugs 34and 35 on the left hand face of the end frame 1. Preferably the lug 35is formed on a horizontal strut 36 and receives a reduced portion 28 ofthe shaft 28, which carries a worm gear 37 between the bearing lug 34and the bearing lug 35. Preferably the hub g; the gear 37 rests uponantifriction discs The gear 37 is driven by a worm 38 on a longitudinalshaft 39 in bearing brackets 39 on strut 36, and 39 on the frame 2,which shaft is provided with a pulley 40 driven by belt from a "smallerpulley 41 on a longitudinal shaft 42 mounted in brackets 43, 44,bridging the sides of the machine at its right hand end. Shaft 42 may bethe primary driving shaft, havingthereon fast and loose pulleys 40, 47,for the drive belt, and at one end a drive pulley 52 for a belt 53. inturn driving a pulley- 5- on a countershaft 55 having bearings in themachine frame.

One face of pulley 54 is provided with an eccentric orcam 57 for afollower-58 on a shaft- 59, in longitudinal bearings of the machine, fora purpose presently mentioned.

Shaft 42 at the other end carries a spiral pinion 6O meshing with a'pinion 61 on a .transverse shaft 62 in bearings 63, 63, of

bracket 43, and provided with bevel pinions.

'64, 64, at the respective sides of the'machine meshing with similargears 65, 65, on the projecting reduced ends of rolls 70, 70, havendhearings in the parts, 71, '71, of

bracket 43.

a The rolls 70 are tractor or driving rolls extending the length of themachine and parallel with the track 4 and the straight runs of chain 20.These rolls may be knurled or finelygrooved in a longitudinal sense, andmay be provided with interme diate bearing. grooves 7 3 to rest inupwardlyopen bearing forks mounted at suitable points and overhangingthe chains 20, as

best shown in Fig. 4. The edges of grooves 73 are preferably beveled offas at 70- to permit a thread-mass to slide over them without damage.

As best shown in Fig. 1, the semi-circular end 4, thebearings 71 andgears-65, 64, are covered by a semi-circular. polished shield of curvedcross-section mounted on the bearings 71 and continuing the.slidewayformed by rolls 70 for a thread mass carried'as presentlyexplained by thecarriers 10. A. similar shield 81,. mounted on brackets82 fast on the :opposite iframe member 2. which 'bracketshave thereinendbearings for rolls 70,'supports the'winding thread-masses as they arecarried about .the left end of the machine as viewed in Figures-1 and 2.

The carriers 10 may comprise an upward and inward extension at each edgeof the ,vertical plates of metal of which said carriers mainly consist,said extensions 90 havmg. vertiealgrooves 91 for the ends of a "windingspindle 92 for a wound-mass core '93, which may be a wooden rod, papertube or any. other form of wound package car rier. The grooves 91 arepreferably in the vertical plane of the axes of rolls "(0 when thecarriers 10 are moving in the longitudinal parts of their path, and the'yarn' of the yarn mass being wound rests upon the the forwardlyprojecting upper end of one arm 101. of a bell-crank lever 101,102pivoted at 103 on the back' of carrier 10 and having an antifrictionroll 104 projecting inwardly from the'end of the shorter arm 1020f thebell-crank'into engagement with a continuous actuator track or channel105 above the track 5 having curved ends corresponding to the ends .5.of track 5, and mounted for oscillatory motion about its longitudinalcenter. I I

Preferably rocker-frames 107 are fastened on shaft 59 at suitableintervals to support and operate the track 105 according to the motionsof shaft 59. These motions are given by an arm 110 fast on shaft 59 andcarrying the follower '58 mentioned above.

The traverse motions for all the winding,

masses alike are thus derived from the cam track 57, which may have anydesired shape suitable for providing the desired. quick traverse forwinding the. headless yarn mass or cheese in the form of the usualself-sus taining package characterized by layers of yarn laid inreversed spirals or helices of relatively steep or quickpitch, thereversals appearing at and constituting the end -faces of the package.

"The operation \vill now be clear. The

operator having at hand a supply of bobbins forreplenishment sits at theright end ofythe machine; As the'successive carriers" 10 reach thesl11eld 80,1the rotative motion of the winding pair ceases, and thetraverseof guide 99 lessens, ceasing entirely at the 1011-.

gitudin'al end of the machine. The length of the machine and thelengthof the yarn on the bobbins are so related that the supply bobbins B areexhausted when the carriers have made a complete circulation. The

operator may now very conveniently dofl the exhausted bobbin, place areplenishment bobbin on holder-95, and tie in the fresh end duringpassage'past her "of the carriers 10;

cop on the carrier passes lthe'shiel'd 80.

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. I\' 1. A winding machine having therein means for moving a winding nassof yarn in a. predetermined path, and means for winding yarn on themass during such motion to form a traverse-wound self-sustainwindingrecommences as soon asthe cheese or ing headless package or cheese, boverlapped layers ofreversed spiral win ings.

2. A windin machine having therein means for win ingatraverse-woundheadless ball or cheese of yarn or thread and means formoving the windin ball or cheese past a fixed point during winding, themeans for winding including means fortraversing the yarn on the surfaceof the windingmass by motionsin and op direction of motion of t e ballor cheese.

3. A winding machine having therein means for circulating a winding massof yarn in a closed predetermined path, and means acting during suchcirculation for ro tnting' the winding mass and distributing the yarnupon it in spirals of such traverse and pitch as to form a headlesssclfsustaining wound package or cheese.

4. A winding machine having therein means for circulating a winding massof yarn in a closed predetermined path, and means acting duringsuchcirculation for rotating the winding'mass and distributing the yarn uponit in reversed spirals such as to form a headless self-sustaining woundpackage or cheese, in combination with means to stop the windin motionat'a predetermined point in the at l of circulation.

5. A WlIK ing machine having therein means for moving a series ofwinding masses of yarn severally in the general direction of the axes oftheir winding motion, and suceessively in a predetermined path, andmeans for winding yarn on each of the masses during such motion to forma traverse wound headless package or cheese.

6. A winding machine having therein means for carrying a series ofunwinding and winding masses of yarn, means for causing the carriers andpackages to traverse a predetermined circulatory ath, and wind- -ingmeans active during suc motion including a guide actin to lay the am onthe winding package y motions re ative to the winding mass occurring inthe general direction of travel of the package in the form of :1traverse-wound headless cheese.

7. A winding machine having therein means for carrying a series ofunwinding and winding masses of yarn, means for causing the carriers andpackages to traverse a predetermined circulatory path, and winding meanshaving a driving element not partaking of the circulatory motion activedurin such motion to lay the yarn on the win 'ng package in the form ofn traverse-wound cheese.

8. A winding machine having therein a carrier for transporting unwindingand winding packages, means for moving the carrier, means for supportingthe winding package for rotation about an axis lying substantiall in thedirection of motion of the carrier, and means supported indeite to thegeneral pendentl of the carrier adapted to rotate the w1n ing packageduring motion of the carrier.

9. A winding machine having therein a I pluralit of carriers, means forsupporting unwlndln and winding packages on sai carriers or transportthereby, means to move the carriers and packages in a predeterminedpath, and rotary means having an axis lying in the direction of a partof said path, and acting during such motion by contact with the surfaceof successive winding packages to rotate such winding packages.

11. A winding machine havin therein a carrier for a yarn mass, means orimparting bodily movement to said carrier and am mass, and rotary. meansimmovable in the direction of such bodily movement constructed andarranged to turn said yarn mass about its own axis during the bodilymovement of said carrier.

12. A winding machine having therein a carrier for a winding package,means for imparting progressive movement to said carrier in a pathsubstantially axial of the winding motion of said Package, and aunidirectionally-movable device su ported independently of-the carrierand iavin elements movable in circular paths, sai device beingconstructed and arranged to rotate said pack movement of sai carrier.

13. A winding machine having therein means for supporting a windingpackage, means for imparting bodil movement to said ackage along a pathying in an axial p ane of said ackage, and means immovable in thedirection of such bodily movement and having elements movable only inplanes substantially at right ane during the progressive gles to saidfirst named plane for rotating said thread mass during its bodily saidsup lyand win of travel of said unit along said guide, and inoperativeto turn said windin package at a predetermined part of and path 0travel.

15. A winding machine having therein holders for a wound yarn-supplypackage and a rotary winding (package, the axes of ing yarn packagesbeing su tantially at right angles one to the other; means for impartmgbodily movement to said winding ackage in an axial direction, and meansed as respects such bodily movement for rotating said winding packageduring, such movement.

16; A winding machine havin therein a carrier for an unwinding supp ypackage and a winding package of yarnor thread,

and means to move the carrier in a predetermined path and means adjacentto .the path of motion of the carrier but supported independentl thereoffor rotating the winding pac age by contact with the surface thereof insuch manner that elements of such surface rotate in planes substantiallyat right angles to the direction of motion of the carrier, and at aconstant speed.

17. In a textile machine, in combination, means for supporting a windingyarn mass, means for guiding said supporting means for bodily movementin a path lying in.a plane of the axis of said yarn mass, and

'means rotatable about a fixed axis for imparting movement of rotationto said winding yarn mass irrespective of the position of the latterrelative to said guide means.

18. In combination, in a winding ma- "chine, means for supporting -ayarn mass for rotation about a substantially'horizontal \xis, meansrotatable about an axis substantially parallel to that of said yarn massand constructed and arranged to rotate the latter, and means permittingthe bodily movement in an axial direction of said yarn mass relativelyto said rotating means while maintaining the driving relationshiptherebetween.

19. In a machine for winding yarns, in combination means for supportinga yarn mass for rotation about an axis, means for moving said yarn massbodily in an axial direction, and frictional means guided by fixedbearings and engageable with the peripheral surface of said yarn massfor rotating the same about its axis, said frictional means beingconstructed and arranged to maintain driving engagement with said yarnmasslwhile the latteris moved relatively thereto.

20. In a winding machine, a plurality of winding units each comprising asupport for a winding yarn mass, a. friction drive clement rotable abouta fixed axis for rotating said yarn masses, and means for progressivelymoving said winding units where- .tially simultaneously w1t-h theexhaustion of ltam from a bobbin supported upon said older.

22. In a winding machine, a guide, a winding unit campirsing supportsfor a sup ports for a suuply yarn mass and a. winding Ezra mass, meansfor moving said unit dily along said guide, and meai'is turning about anaxis substantially parallel to the adjacent portion of the path of saidunit for rotating said winding mass, said v means being constructedandarranged automatically to discontinue rotating said mass at apredetermined part of the travel of the latter along the guide. a

23. In a textile machine, in combination, an elongated, rotatable driveroll, means for supporting a yarn mass in position to be driven bycontact with the peripheral surface of said roll, and means for movingsaid supporting means in a path substantially parallel to the axis ofsaid roll while maintaining driving contact between said yarn mass andthe surface of said roll.

24. In a machine of the class described, a carrier comprising a supportfor a thread supply mass and supportmg means for a winding thread mass,means to move said carrier in a path having a substantially straightpart, and a roller and means for rotating the roller in fixed journalsabout an axis substantially parallel to said part of said path, saidroller being constructed and arranged to rotate said winding thread massby frictional engagement therewith during the movement of said windingunit along said pat-l1.

25. A winding machine having therein a carrier movable in a horizontalpath, a support for a supply bobbin on said carrier, a

movable support on said carrier for a winding yarn mass rotatable abouta horizontal axis, an elongate roller rotatable about a horizontal axisand engageable under said yarn mass, whereby gravity of the yarn massholds it in contact with the roller, means for turning said roller, andmeans for moving said carrier longitudinally thereof.

26. In a winding machine of the class described, a substantiallystraight elongate guideway, a carrier for a winding yarn mass and for asupply bobbin movable along the.

guideway, and an elongate roller arranged intermittently rotating saisupporting bearing interm machine of the class de substantially parallelto said guideway and in a postion to engage the under side of saidwindin yarn mass whereby to rotate the letter, said roller being rovidedwith a ate its length.

27. A winding scribed comprisinga guideway, a series of winding unitsmovable in succession therealong each of said units comprising a support for a rotatable yarn mass, and common means comprising a drivenroll for rotating such yarn masses as the units traverse the guide, saidroll becoming imperatives. at a predetermined part of the path oi travelof said units whereby to permit the rotation of such yarn massessuccessively to cease.

28. A machine of the class described having an endless .guidewaycomprising a pair of substantial parallel and straight members and curvemembers connecting the ends of said straight members, a carrier movablealong said guideway and provided with a support for a winding yarn mass,and means associated with the straight portions only of said guidewayfor rotati such arn mass during the travel of sai unit a ong said guide.I

29. In a winding machine, in combination, an elongate frame, an endlessguideway carried thereby, a winding unit carrier movable along saidguideway and comprising a' support for an unwinding and a winding threadmass, and a plurality of s aced means for thread mass as the windingunit progresses along the guide- 3%. In a machine of the class describedin combination, an elongate frame having a pair of straight guide railssecured in parallel relation at its opposite longitudinal sides, curvedguide rails at the ends of said frame connecting the straight guiderails whereby to form an endless guideway, a winding unit comprising asupport for a winding thread mass movable bodily along said guidewaywith its axis substantially 7 parallel tothe direction of its bodilymovement, an 'endles flexible drive member mounted in the frame andhaving connection to said unit whereby to move the latter continuouslyalong said gpideway, and means arran d at the straig portions only ofsaid gui eway for rotating the winding ing its axis substantially payarn mass carried by said unit during its travel along such straightportions of the guideway.

31. A winding machine having therein a carrier for" a rotatable windingpackage, means to move the carrier, an elongate roll mounted to turn infixed bearin s and havlel to the direction of motion of the carrier, andmeans for rotating said roll, whereby to rotate the yarn package uponsaid carrier is contact therewith, the means or moving escapee vfrictional said carrier longitudinal] of said roll adapted to maintainthe riving relationship between said roll and said yarn mass.

32. In a machine of the class described,

van elongate frame having mounted thereon a pair of substantiallyparallel and straight *winding units each comprising a sulpport for awinding yarn mass, and power riven rollers arranged substantiallyparallel to the straight members of said guide and constructed andarranged to have sliding contact with and thereby to rotate the yarnmasses carried upon said winding units.

33. In a machine of the class described an elongate driving drum, meansfor bodily movi a windin yarn mass longitudinally of sai drum whi e indriving contact therewith, means for supporting said drum at a pointintermediate of its len h, and means for facilitating the passage 0 theyarn mass across said bearing point.

34. In a winding machine in combination,

an elongate drum for windin a. yarn mass by contact therewith, means orsupporting said drmn at its opposite ends and a supporting bearing forsaid drum at an intermediate point, said drum being reduced in,

diameter 'for en ment with said latter bearing? and ha ing a beveledsurface adja' cent said reduced portion;

35. In a machine for winding combination an elongate rotati rum fordriving a winding yarn mass y contact" I therewith, means for bodilytraversing a winding yarn'mass longitudinally of said drum, and a bearinfor said drum ata int intermediate 0 its length, said drum ing ofreduced diameter for engagement with said bearing and having a beveledsurface connecting the'outer peripheral surface of the drum with thereduced portion there of upon that side of the bearing toward which theyarn mass-moves.

36. A winding machine a series otcarriers each for an unwinding and awinding package, means for traversing the carriers and packages in apath sub stantially parallel to the axis of the windin am in havingtherein orm along nooaeaa for rotating die-55mm of said winding 7 massthrough a predetermined number of and winding package of yarn or thre Irotating the windin 'ply bobbin is substanti revolutions, the partsbeing relatively proportioned so that the supply bobbin will normally beexhausted an for replenishment at substantiall the same part of the thof travel of said carrier. 38. n a winding machine a guide meniber, awinding unit movable therealong, said unit comprising supports for awinding arn mass and a su ly bobbin and a pairif driven rolls assoiziated with said ide constructed and arran d to contact wit the surfaceof mid winding yarn mass during the travel of said unit along saidguide, the speed of said rolls bein such that the supy exhausted as saidunit completes its path of movement.

39. A winding machine having therein a, series of carriers, each for anunwinding? and winding package of yarn or thre means to move thecarriers in a predeter-- mined endless tpath substantially parallel tothe axis of e winding pack means adjacent to the path of motion 0 thecarriers for rotating the windin' package, and

means moving with and on t e carriers for traversing .the winding yarn.

'40. A winding machine having therein a series of carriers, each for anunwindlzg means to move the carriers in a predetermined. endless path,means adjacent to the path of motion of the carriers for-rotating thewinding package, a guide for the yarn movably mounted on the carrier,and means for positively reci rocatithe guide in respect to the win 'ngpac age atiia'i'gleterminate "rate related to the motionof the means forrotating the winding packa v 41. A winding machine having t erein aseries .of carriers, each for-'an unwinding and winding package of yarnor thread,

means to moveathe carriers in a predetermined endless path meansadjacent to the path of. motion oi the barriers, but not partaking ofthe movement thereof for pae e about an axis substantially paral el to te direction of motion of the carrier, a traversing guide for the yarnmounted on the carrier, and

an endless guidewa comprising substan: tiall parallel strai t portions,aseries of win 'ng unit carriers movable along said guideway and eachprovided with a yarn traverse guide, means for mo said carriers alongthe guideway, an power actuated means for actuatin the traverse 'des ofall of such units w 'le passing along the straight portions of suchguideway.

44. In a machine of was class described in combination an endlessguideway, a winding and unwinding package carrier movable thereon, ayarn traverse mechanism having an element on the carrier, and movable,

power driven actuating means operative upon said element throughout aportion of common the travel of said winding unit along said guideway,said traverse mechanism being constructed and arranged to become inoperative at a predetermined point in the path of travel of said windingunit.

45. In a machine of the class described,

.in combination, a frame .having mounted thereon upper and lowerendlessguide rails, and a carrier movable along said guide rails, andcarrier.comprising u r and lower members for engaging s11 railsrespectively, a support above said upper rail for holding a winding yarnmass, a

and an oscillating thread guide the thread in its assage from the supplybobbin to the wining yarn mass.

46. In a winding machine, in combination,

a frame, upper and lower guide, rails mounted upon the unit carriermounted for movement 'al said rails said carrier com rising a verti.member havng upper} lower brackets extending therefrom, guide rollscarried by said upper bracket" for engagement with the frame and awinding su port adjacent said lower rail Iona supply h&bin, H I

.1 guiding loa upper guide rail, meanson the lower bracket i for a meansor support 'a'windi thread-mass and a supply threa il mass on ih platemember having on its inner .aide

a supply bobbin, spaced end or a winding threa' support, and

upon its inner surface:

an oscillating traverse guidamembor pivoted 48. A- winding machinehaving-therein 'ement with the lower rail, and;

eicarrier. D 47. In a machine of the class described,

in combination, guide. rails, and a winding unit carrier movablethereon,'comprising a:

rackets for engaging the respective. rails, g s a bracket'upon-itsouterside forsupporting' I E- ides-at-itsupper a guide member, and awinding unit carrier movable thereon, said winding unit compris ingmeansfor supporting-a winding thread mass; a bell cran lever on the carrierhaving one arm ada ted to guide the running thread and anot er armprovided with a projection; an actuator for said projection a movable onan axissubstantiplly parallel ing a track extending I said frame forreceiving said friction rolls,

an oscillating support for said channel guides, and power driven meansfor oscillating said support, 50. In combination in a machine of theclass described, rotary means for driving a winding package, a traverseguide, elongate artuator members for the traverse guide secured to saidshaft to be rocked thereby, an arm fixed-on said shaft, and cam' meansrotating in relation to said rotar means for oscillating said armwhereby alternately to raise and lower said actuator members; 51. In awinding machine, in combination, an elongate frame, a pair ofsubstantially vertical shafts located adjacent to the'respective ends ofthe frame, one of said shafts being adjustable toward and from theother, sprocket wheels carried by the respective shafts, an endlesssprocket chain engaging the respective wheels, an endless guidewaycomprising substantially straight portions, ia. curved member connectingsaid straight portions at one end thereof, a second curved memberconnecting the straight portions of said guideway at the 0 posite end,one of said curved portionsbemg .adjustably connected to the respectivestraight portions by means of'a' scarf joint, and yarn winding devicesconnected to said chain for bodily movement along said ideway.

52. A winding machme having therein a series of carriers for windingpairs, means for circulating the carriers in a path forming a closedfigure having one or more straight sides, driving means for the windingmember of the winding pair adjacent said straight side or sides, andmeans permitting the winding member to rest upon said driving meansduring passage thereabout, in combination with a curved fixed guidesurrounding another portion of the path of circulation and adapted tohold the winding member of said pair against rotation during its passagethereof.

53. In combination in a Winding machine,

straight guide members and curved guide members connecting the ends ofsaid straight members to define a circulatory path, a winding unitcarrier movable along said guide members andcomprising sup orts for yarnmasses at points aboveand be ow said guide .aceaeee members, meansassociated with said straight members, for rotating one of said yarnmasses as said unit passes along said guide 'members and a ideassociated with said curved guide mem ers for engaging one of the woundpackages on said carrier to prevent its axis rotation during passa ethereof.

54. In combination in a win mg machine, a pair of yarn mass drive rollshaving their ends in spaced relation. a carrier for a winding yarn massmovable lon itudinally of said rolls and from one of said rolls to theother whereby to permit said rolls successively to rotate such windin-yarn mass,

and a stationary member having a smoothouter surface formin asubstantial conrolls and extending between the ends of the latter,whereby to support said yarn mass durin its the ot er.

55,. A winding machine having an elongated .guideway, comprisingstraight portions and curved portions, rotating traction rolls arrangedsubstantially arallel to said straight portions, a win ing unit carriermovable along said guideway and comprising a support for a windingthread mass rotatable by engagementwith the surface of said rolls, and asmooth shield member extending from the end of one of said rolls to theend of the other for contact with the passage from one of said rolls totinuation of the perip eral surfaces of said wound mass as the latterpasses in its travel.

from one of said rolls to the other.

56. In a winding machine in combination, a plurality of rotatable rollshaving their axes in substantially the same plane, a winding'unitcarrier having thereon a support for a supgly bobbin, and a support forawinding threa ed mass, means for moving said windingfiunitlongitudinally of said rolls where- -by to drive the winding thread massb 'contact with the peripheral surfaces of t e latter, and a stationarymember having a surface forming a substantial continuation of theperipheral surfaces of said rolls and extending between the ends of thesame whereby to support such thread mass in its vpassage from one ofsaid rolls to the other.

57. A winding machine having therein straight guideways and a curvedguideway connecting the ends of said straight guide-' supply threadmass, mechanism for moving1 portions connecting said straight portions,

in windin unit movable along said guideway, sai windin unit comprisingspaced supports for a winding thread mass and a winding unitcontinuously alon sai guideway, and means associated wit the curvedportions of said guidewa for ward wing the yarn from contact wit saiactusting mechanism.

59. In a winding machine, means for wi11ding "traverse-wound cheeses orballs oompnsm 'a tractor roll, means for driving it, an a carrieradapted to sup rt laterelly a core for a cheese .or bell ve the means,and means for rotating the winding yarn mass on the carrier beneath saidlatrolls, .while permitti the' wing cheese or ball to rest on thg -actnri ll, means on the carrier to-sup 1y yarn to the choose a traverse guideon t e carrier, and means or removing the carrier lengthwise of theroll, and for actuatin the traverse guide.

60 A carrier for movable-winding unit winding machines comprisinfi-asuspport for an unwinding yarn mass, a ater support for a winding yarnmass offset from one, face of the carrier to over drivingeral support.-Signed b me at Boston Massachusetts, this thirtiet 'day of Novemher,1920. e

EDWARD J. Anson.

